03 Apr Zeit Magazin int. – The Berlin State of Mind
S/S 2020
One reason to get hold of the latest issue of Zeit Magazin International: Tyler Mitchell is (one might tend to say only!!!) 25 years old and – almost did it all! A solo-exhibition at Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam, a cascade of magazine covers as Office, i-D, Dazed, AnOther – just to name a few – followed by fashion campaigns for Comme des Garçons, Prada, Givenchy (etc. pp.), and on top if it, Vogue’s famously Cover for the September issue together with Beyonce. Of course, we don’t know what is more shocking: That he was the first African American photographer in Vogue’s 125 history to do so or again, his age. Either way, we are already in love with this guy, who mentions James Baldwin and Frank Ocean within seconds, gives talks at universities while his photographic work traverse a new aesthetic of blackness. Other reasons are: interviews with William Defoe, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, a homage to artist Tomi Ungerer…